Chapter 16 c Happy Reunion

Jim fit himself in between the two. His jittery finger pointed at a large box machine positioned on the other side of the room. Three clean tubes, two blue and one red, dangled from each side of the machine. “Bring that closer,” he directed Pater. Pater wheeled it within arm’s distance. “The blue needles are going into his superior and inferior vena cava, the red goes to his aorta. I’ll connect it when I get inside. If his body becomes completely still for more than three minutes, he’s dead. I’ll try to keep as much fluid rotating as possible, but one of you will need to supplement his blood volume afterwards.”

Firmin nodded his head. “Got it.”

Jim turned his face down to look at Baine and he grinned. “Just like old times, eh?”